Cookies & cream brownies
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Cookies & cream brownies receives a safety score of 75/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Cookies & cream brownies carries a composite safety score of 75/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Cookies & cream brownies is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of E reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 75/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | E | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Brownie base (sugar, enriched bleached wheat flour [flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], soybean oil, egg, water, cocoa drop [sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa {processed with alkali}, dextrose, cocoa powder, dry whole milk, soy lecithin, artificial flavor], corn syrup solids, cocoa [processed with alkali], invert sugar, food starch-modified, baking powder [cream of tartar, baking soda], salt, natural flavor, artificial flavor, sodium aluminum phosphate, fd&c red #40), cream cheese icing (confectioner's sugar [sugar, cornstarch], cream cheese [pasteurized milk, pasteurized cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum], sugar, margarine [soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, mono - and diglycerides, annatto extract color, turmeric color, calcium disodium edta {preservative}, artificial butter flavor, vitamin a palmitate], butter [pasteurized cream, natural flavor], vegetable shortening [soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil], mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, citric acid, water, glucose syrup, sweetened condensed milk [milk, sugar], natural vanilla flavor, sodium propionate [preservative], salt, potassium sorbate [preservative], natural cream cheese flavor), cookies (sugar, enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid], palm and/or canola oil, cocoa [processed with alkali], high fructose corn syrup, leavening [baking soda and/or calcium phosphate], salt, soy lecithin, chocolate, artificial flavor).
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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